7.1.10: More summer fun | New York Social Diary

More summer fun

Kate Pickett, Andrea Ranawat, Lisa Ranawat, Dr. Gerald Loughlin, and Whitney Chatterjee

The Pediatric Support Committee of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children's Health hosted a shopping event at crewcuts on Madison Avenue. Guests, including Pediatrician-in-Chief Gerald Loughlin, M.D. and event hosts Whitney Chatterjee, Kate Pickett, Andrea Ranawat, and Lisa Ranawat, mingled and delighted on cocktails as they shopped to support programs to benefit the sick and injured children receiving services at the Komansky Center.

Vaughn Dorrian, Lisa Thorp, Suzy Bancroft, and Pam Ludwick

Whitney Chatterjee and Kathleen Kocatas

Nicole and Sofia Allinson

Tiffany Moller, Dr. Gerald Loughlin, and Marcie Pantzer

Natalia Good, Anne Ford, and friend

Courtney Nataraj, Millicent Fortunoff, and Sangkil Schwarz

Kate Pickett and children Jack, Whitney, and Barrett

Isabelle Erb, Rhonda Erb, Dr. Gerald Loughlin, and Kathy Burns

Tara Wilson, Palmer O’Sullivan, and Caitlin Tashijan

Dr. Jonathan Chen, Abby Chen, and Madeline Chen

Pippa and Cass Adelman

Madison and Kelly Mallo

Caitlin Tashijan, Katie Tozer, and Tara Wilson

Karen Amen and friend

Sarina Ogden and Alex Scott

Danielle Rollins and Page Rustum

Danielle Rollins and Page Rustum

Candice Postel and Kim Kramer

It’s only recently in my life that I’ve had any interest in dermatologists. It began with skin allergies (too boring to explain) that were strange to me. In recent times I’ve identified dermatologists as the people where the women of New York (and no doubt some men) go for their Botox.

Earlier in the Spring, with another case of the itches which was unfamiliar and uncomfortable, I went to see a dermatologist, Dr. Cheryl Karcher. I’d met Dr. Karcher and her husband a few summers ago at the house of mutual friend in Southampton. I liked her and always remembered her saying if I “ever needed anything,” to please call. And so I did. With my cases of the itches (I’m not being coy, it’s just too pedestrian to be clinical). While there the doctor almost immediately discovered a basal cell skin cancer growth. Wow. She took a biopsy and two weeks later it was removed and cleaned out.

Elizabeth Robins, Nole Marin, Tim Moorehouse, Karen Koeningsberg, Markus Klinko, and Indrani Palchardhuri and friends

Eva Fahler, Noah Solomon, Mia Fahler, Ian Shapolsky, and Isabele Kammerer

I learned a couple of things from that new experience. I was aware of the very small eruption on my skin that itched some, although didn’t think much of it. From Dr. Karcher I immediately learned that I was aware of the symptoms but not the symptons of what.

Take care and be vigilant. She told me this skin cancer came from the Sun forty years ago (when I used to go out and bake on the beach every weekend). Secondly I learned that Dr. Karcher is an important person in my life. And your life, and all our lives. And so it goes.

Dani Gorman Pollack, Jill Halal, Lauren Schor, and Rikki Berfas

Irene, David, Ann, and Gary Plutzer

This past Tuesday night at the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park, the Skin Cancer Foundation held its inaugural gala. The Skin Cancer Foundation is a newer force in New York philanthropy. It was started by two accomplished businesswomen, Mindy Gorman and Elizabeth Robins.

Ms. Gorman lost her husband Stuart to melanoma. In order to keep his spirit alive, she and her children started the Live, Love and Laugh Foundation to fund melanoma research. Ms. Robins grew up the daughter of Perry Robins MD who started the Skin Cancer Foundation. Today she is taking leadership of the only international organization solely devoted to fighting skin cancer, the world’s most common cancer, now occurring at epidemic levels. Take heed.

The event committee included: Diane Ackley; Anne Akers; Erika Balfour, MD; Maribeth Chitkara, MD; Leena Gurevich; Cheryl Karcher, MD; Ellen Leikind; Séverine Manuel; Sharon Marantz Walsh; Scott Neher; Tony Ocasio Esq.; Sue Phillips; Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf; César Sanchez; Deborah S. Sarnoff, MD; and Ian Shapolsky.

Held in a marvelous venue, it was a delightful evening filled with good friends, poker, martinis, and fabulous auction prizes. DJ David Manuel and GQ Taiwan’s fashion photographer, Chiun-Kai Shih generously volunteered their services.

Susan Sommers, Laura Demaris, Barbara Gregory, and Marie Tassini

Susan Erlich and Helene Green

Jessica Shaffer and Erin Mulbey Stober

Anne Marie Collins, Marta Billeci, Nicole Belmont, and Catherine Gordon

Mindy Gorman, Elizabeth Robins, and Lynne White

Michele Feirman and Stefani Horowitz

Lauren Klein and Kate Conovitz

Lena Gurevich and Marybeth Chitkara

Keiley Fuller and Kristin Hocker

Pamela Stein, Benjamin Godder, and Eran Elhanani

Shannon Smith and Alyssa Epstein

Jessica Leitner and Jaclyn Leffel

Cari Lapidus, Katie Axelrod, and Jamie Kaufman

Andrea Beecher, Susan Friery, and Valerie Penn

Hope Eynon and Michael Klein

Jason Borbay and Jeremy Penn

Joshua Bell, Lawrence Robins, and Phillippe Quint

Katheryn Wilkening and Jonah Eller-Isaacs

Tessa and John Carlson

Elizabeth and Perry Robins

Lucille Barchitta, Matt Gentile, and Salaam Coleman Smith

Kim Magnuson and Heather Davidson

Raha Ashrafi and Dr. Robert Grant

Elizabeth Robins, Tim Moorehouse, and Mary Stine

Kirke and Sharon Walsh

Laura Rae Levy and Steven Beltrani

Adam Ballout and Taila Ayay

Erika Balfour and Andreas Kailich

Brian Saltzman and Ron Sussman

Chris Leasure and Alison Minton

Elena Tchainikova and Bob Bandera

Angela Diaz and Christine Matava

L. Londell McMillan, partner and co-head of the Media and Entertainment Global Industry Sector at the international law firm of Dewey and LeBoeuf LLP, was honored at the Reginald F. Lewis Foundation Gala Luncheon on Saturday, June 26 at the Lewis Estate in East Hampton, New York. Wall Street veterans, Peter Offermann, Phyllis Schless and Robert C. Winters, Jr. were also acknowledged, each receiving a Millennium Member award recognizing the key roles they played in the life and career of Mr. Lewis. The event, sponsored by American Express, Bloomberg, Black Entertainment Television, Belvedere, Kate's Paperie, The Camelot Group, GenNx360 Capital Partners, and The NorthStar Group featured performances by singer, songwriter and Broadway performer Deborah Cox and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. WCBS-TV News Anchor Maurice DuBois served as emcee.

"The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation is pleased to recognize the hard work of L. Londell McMillan and the wonderful contributions of Peter, Phyllis and Robert to the story and legacy of my husband," said Loida Lewis, widow of the legendary mogul and foundation chair. "Perseverance and dedication, especially in entrepreneurship, normally pay off in individual success and community development, and help society in general. We are happy for their success and are grateful for their help of the Foundation."

Brooke Smith, L. Londell McMillan, Jerri Devard, and Tracey Ferguson

Adelaide Sanford and L. Londell McMillan

The prominent attorney, Mr. McMillan, received the Reginald F. Lewis Award, which honors African American entrepreneurs who succeeded internationally in business before the age of 50, as Lewis did. The first African American to build a billion-dollar company, Lewis led the largest leveraged buyout in the 1980s. He went on to shatter all expectations and inspire future generations of African American entrepreneurs.

Mr. McMillan, who has represented such luminaries as the late Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Usher, LL Cool J, Roberta Flack and Spike Lee, joins the likes of Sean "Diddy" Combs and real estate mogul R. Donahue Peebles, past recipients. He is also one of the co-owners and partners with real-estate developer Bruce Ratner and hip-hop icon Jay-Z in the New Jersey Nets and the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn, future home to the NBA team. Additionally, Mr. McMillan is owner and Group Publisher of The NorthStar Group, which publishes Jones Magazine and The Source.

Carolyn Fugett, Ilyasah Shabazz, and Loida Lewis

Deborah Cox and Tracey Ferguson

Following the Gala Luncheon later that evening, Mr. McMillan and Jones Magazine hosted its first annual Summer Soiree to celebrate its successful launch.

Additional sponsors of the Gala were J.P. Morgan, Ariel Investments LLC, The NorthStar Group, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and Prudential Financial. The Jones Magazine Summer Soiree is sponsored by The NorthStar Group and Foxwoods Resort Casino.

Kevin Greenidge and Darrell Gay

Christina Lewis and Gayle King

Gillian and Reggie Canal

Deborah Cox

Herb Wilson and Star Jones

Thelma Dye and Valerie Beal

Eglon E. Simons, Maurice and Andrea DuBois, and Renee Simons

Genoa Maxwell, Gayle King, and Adrienne Lopez

Gwen Hankin, Noel Hankin, and Arana Hankin

Dr. and Mrs. Luther and Camille Clark

Loida Nicolas Lewis and Millenium Member Honorees; Peter Offermann, Phyllis Schless, and Robert C. Winters Jr.

Shawn Baldwin, Loida Nicolas Lewis, L. Londell McMillan, Carolyn E. Fugett, and Leslie Lewis Sword

Carolyn Fugett and granddaughter Leslie Lewis Sword

On June 28th, the Turkish Jeweler Gilan hosted a benefit for the Metropolitan Opera at Gilan's Fifth Avenue flagship store. Founded in 1980, Gilan crafts one of a kind jewelry inspired by the cultures that have passed through Turkey's largest city, Istanbul. Gilan's jewelry has been worn by some of the leading ladies in Hollywood including Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu. Among those in attendence were interior designers Juan Montoya and Kate de Brienne along with Maggie Norris, Robert Ruffino, and Sharon Bush.

Forouz Delpak, Sohair Soukkary, Robert R. Blume, and Samantha von Sperling

Sharon Bush

Rachel Heller

Melissa Berkelhammer

Naz, John Anthony, and Vyn and Michael McConkey

Samir Tahan, Kate deBriene, and Juan Montoya

Noel Hernandez and Gabriela Arenas

Vision Vodka Models and Salvatore Strazzullo

Cindy Guyer

Maggie Norris, Michel Witmer, and Kathleen Giordano

Valerie Donati, R. Couri Hay, and Dania Shiblaq

Last Tuesday, June 22nd at the Mandarin Oriental, Urban Tech held its annual gala dinner and paid tribute to Ambassador Carl Spielvogel with the award for a Lifetime of Public Service. Patti LaBelle was honored with Humanitarian Award. Ms. LaBelle also honored the guests with a performance. B. Smith was emcee. Maurice DuBois, the CBS News anchor, delivered the welcoming remarks.

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